One Pot Chicken and Dirty Rice
Our One-Pot Chicken and Dirty Rice recipe is your ticket to a delicious, stress-free dinner that's as easy as it is tasty.
Servings 4 -6 servings
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 tsp all purpose seasoning of choice like adobo or lawrys
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp paprika
- Kosher salt & pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 a package of turkey kielbasa sausage sliced into half moons
- 1/2 red pepper diced
- 1/2 green pepper diced
- 1 stalk of celery diced
- 1/2 white onion diced
- 1 tbsp garlic paste or garlic cloves minced
- 1 cup of parboiled rice or basmati rice whichever you prefer
- 2 cups of chicken stock or chicken broth
- 1 Bouillon cube or better than Bouillon paste
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375
- Pat dry chicken then season and set aside
- To a cast iron skillet, add olive oil then sear chicken on medium heat for 3 minutes per side or until a golden brown crust is formed on the chicken then set aside
- Chop veggies & sausage and sear in the same pan once chicken is removed, add a little more oil if needed should pan appear dry
- Sauté veggies and sausage for 3-5 minutes or until the sausage starts to brown and veggies start to soften. Season mixture with all purpose seasoning or kosher salt to taste
- To the sausage and veggie mixture, add in the rice, chicken stock, garlic and bouillon cube and mix well scraping any brown bits from the bottom of the pan
- When you see the liquid simmering, turn off the heat and add the chicken to the top of the rice and liquid
- Put the pan in the oven UNCOVERED in the center and cook for 30 minutes or until all the liquid has evaporated completely and chicken is cooked through and rice is tender
- Top with fresh parsley and serve warm
Notes
Yes, you can use bone in chicken or even chicken breast, whatever you prefer.
Boneless chicken cooks faster than bone in chicken, use a meat thermometer to be sure chicken is cooked all the way though to 165 degrees F
I like to use a cast iron skillet for this dish as it cooks evenly and ensure the dish is cooked to perfection and all the way through
Rice cooks differently according to the type you get, follow the back of the rice instructions for liquid ratio to be sure the rice cooks all the way though, you can always add water but you can't take away